Fox News was the top choice for TV viewers on election night, marking the second straight time the conservative network led rivals in viewership for presidential results. The night was a milestone for MSNBC, which topped CNN on a presidential election night for the first time. AdvertisementComcast Corp.-owned MSNBC averaged 6 million viewers, beating CNN’s 5.1 million viewers. Warner Bros. Discovery-owned CNN lost nearly half of the 9.6 million people who watched during the 2020 presidential election. ABC averaged 5.7 million viewers, followed by NBC (5.5 million viewers), followed by CBS (3.6 million), the Fox broadcast network (2 million), Fox Business Network (897,000) and NewsNation (265,000), which also was carried on the CW Network.

Source: CNN November 07, 2024 09:16 UTC